Odensjö

Swedish

Etymology

Compound of Oden (“Odin”) +‎ sjö (“lake”).

  • Kronoberg county: inherited from Old Swedish Odhinsredha and Odhænsøryth. Ultimately unkown origin, but proposedly from an assumed former name of lake Bolmen, Old Swedish *Odhænsø (literally “Odin's Lake”).[1]
  • Jönköping county: inherited from Old Swedish Odhensioo. Ultimately unkown origin, but proposedly from an assumed former name of lake Barnarpasjön, Old Swedish Odhensioo (literally “Odin's Lake”).[1]

Proper noun

Odensjö ? (genitive Odensjös)

  1. a parish and district of Ljungby municipality, Kronoberg county, Sweden
  2. a village in Jönköping municipality, Jönköping county, Sweden

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Svenskt ortnamnslexikon (2016), page 243, by Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore and Uppsala University Department of Scandinavian Languages
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